- matador
[matador 词源字典]
- matador: see mate
[matador etymology, matador origin, 英语词源] - matador (n.)
- man who kills the bull in a bullfight, 1670s, from Spanish matador, literally "killer," from matar "to kill or wound," probably from Arabic mata "he died," from Persian (see second element in checkmate). Fem. form is matadora.